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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ one thing thing Europe does that Basis has borrowed is simultaneously studying three sciences concurrently over several years. The American model has been to do earth science in 9th, biology in 10th, Chemistry in 11th and on.  Another thing Europe does is direct . students into academic schools and technical schools according to interest and ability. Not as much in the USA. Everyone is college bound. [/quote]

Wow, you're really lumping a lot into these pat arguments. Did you attend school in a European country growing up? It doesn't sound like it.

I'm from a Nordic country and sent my oldest to BASIS DC for MS. Teachers in my country are far better trained, paid and treated overall than those at BASIS DC. In my country, parents aren't pushed to help pay teachers, like at BASIS DC. In my country, students began studying a foreign language (English) in the 4th grade, and another language in 6th grade. Not the case at BASIS, where languages aren't taught until 8th grade. In my country, schools are harder than BASIS in many respects because doing well on tests isn't nearly enough to succeed. Students are required to do a great deal of public speaking/presentations, group/teamwork and research and even to get involved in student government and sports (if just non-competitive) to succeed.

In my country, parent-teacher organizations are not only common in government K-12 schools; they're mandatory. Not so in the BASIS DC franchise, where formal parent-teacher organizations aren't permitted.

In my country, students aren't "directed into academic schools or technical schools according to interest and ability, " like in Germany and some other European countries.  What happens is that vocational high schools partner with academic high schools to offer a range of courses to all students. The same system is used in Arlington, where we moved (to have better options than BASIS for high school and for my younger child). Everybody in Arlington school isn't college bound; hundreds of students study at Arlington Tech high school or part-time. The "American model" to do earth science in 9th, biology in 10th and so on isn't the system in VA. My eldest is taking AP science classes in 9th and 10th grades, having tested into them.[/quote]

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